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→Cerebellar white mater predominant petechial hemorrhage: expand
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*+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages. | *+/-Hemosiderin-laden macrophages. | ||
== | ==Cerebral white mater predominant petechial hemorrhage== | ||
*AKA ''brain purpura''. | *AKA ''brain purpura''. | ||
*Image: [http:// | ===General=== | ||
Etiology: | |||
*Fat embolism syndrome - secondary to trauma. | |||
===Gross=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kamenar | first1 = E. | last2 = Burger | first2 = PC. | title = Cerebral fat embolism: a neuropathological study of a microembolic state. | journal = Stroke | volume = 11 | issue = 5 | pages = 477-84 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 7423578 }} | |||
</ref> | |||
*Multiple white matter petechiae. | |||
DDx - medical imaging: | |||
*[[Diffuse axonal injury]].<ref name=pmid22406792>{{Cite journal | last1 = Kumar | first1 = S. | last2 = Gupta | first2 = V. | last3 = Aggarwal | first3 = S. | last4 = Singh | first4 = P. | last5 = Khandelwal | first5 = N. | title = Fat embolism syndrome mimicker of diffuse axonal injury on magnetic resonance imaging. | journal = Neurol India | volume = 60 | issue = 1 | pages = 100-2 | month = | year = | doi = 10.4103/0028-3886.93597 | PMID = 22406792 }}</ref> | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo_files/flh212.jpg FE (duke.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo.htm http://www.duke.edu/~ema5/Golian/Slides/3/fluids-hemo.htm]. Accessed on: 25 March 2012.</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid7423578/> | |||
*Intravascular fat globules. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||